English

half-price

From half- + price.

A compound of half- + price

Proto-Germanic *halbaz ‘half’

Proto-Germanic *halba-

English half-

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘in front’

…

Proto-Italic *pretjom

Latin pretium ‘worth’

Old French pris

Middle English price ‘price’

English price

Today it means

adv For sale at half the normal price.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / half-price